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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09
no. 40.


Great aud good promoters of literature
sometimes come to grief The Chicago
Daily News has found how sharper than a
serpent's tooth are .t least l3 thauklrss
children Yes. l3 aftle,, bows aud girls II
tender years have palmed of patent pla-
giarisn,s upon the patient story editor. Who
offered prizes for Christmas tales by the
young of the Garden city. And the worst
Of it is, the News, confident Of the ingenu-
business of its infant contributors. has pub
lished these i3 stolen stories with words Of
pride for the brilliant Juvenile genius Of the
West. which could evolve stories which il
now appears were really written by eNpe-
rienced people in this sort Of literature
Miss Alrott Margaret Eytingc and the nu-
thors who are mmortoized in various Sc.
ries of school readers This is the most
unkindest cut in the business. 4 lively
familiarity with Poole's Index of Periodical
Literature, one of the ripest aud most
widely known product, of Chicagos litera-
ry genius, would have averted the rrpuhli.
cation Of tales from Wide Awake and the
Youths Companion, st. Nicholas and the
thatterbnV. but not to hc acquainted with
the Third Reader indicates lack of culture
in the story editor that. from the Boston
standpoint, is painful to think upon.
One word must be said in defense Of the
children who copied Of these stories and
sent them in to the editor as original. They
were probably ignorant of the enormitv of
this sort of theft or else they thought that
the competition was ia the matter of hand
writing the one that could best write a
story was TO get the prize in their mterpre-
tatiOn of the offer not the one who could
write the best story Boston Ere"iaG Rec
ptyI
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

Says correspondent Of the Milling
World, who has recently been travelling in
China OF course we had TO 20 to the great
wall Of China This country abounds in
great walls Her mural defences were
most extensive-walled country, walled cit.
les walled villages, walled palaces and
tempes-wall after wall and wall within
wall. But the greatest of all is the great
wall of China, which crests the mountain
range aud crosses the gorge from here
some 40 miles away. Squeezing through
the last deep gorge and deep rift in the
solid rock cut out by ages Of rolling wheels
and tramping feet, we reach the great,
frownng, double FASHIONED gate Of stone
and hard-burncd brick--one archway tum
bled in. This was the object Of our mission
the great wall of China, built 2l3 years he
fore our era built Of great slabs uf well
hewn stone, laid in regular courses some 20
feet high and then topped out with large,
hard burned brick, filed in with earth AMI
closely paved on the top with more dark,
tawny hrick-the ramparts high and thick
and castelated for the use Of arms Right
and left the great wall sprang far up the
mountain side-now straight, now curved.
to meet the mountain ridge, turreted each
300 feet--a frowning mass of masonry.
No need to tell you of this wall the books
VIII tell you how 1t was built TO keep the
warlike Tartar out-2j feet high bv 10
thick. 1900 miles long, with room on top
for six horses to be driven abreast Nor
need | tell YOU that for 400 years it kept
those hordes at bay, nor that, in the main,
the material used upon it is just as good
and firm and strong as when put in place
Twelve hundred miles of this gigantic
work built on the rugged craggy noun
tain tops, vaulting over gorges, spanning
wide streams, netting the river archways
with huge hard bars Of copper, with double
gates. with swinging doors and bars set
thick with iron armor-a wonder in the
world before which the old time classic sew
en wonders, all gone now save the great
pyramid were toys The great pyramid
has ~, 900 600 cubic feet, the great wall g..
$50, 900 cubic feet An engineer in Stewards
party here some years ago gave it As his
opinion that the cost of this wall, figuring
labor at the same rate, would more than
equal that of all the 1000 miles Of rail
road in the United States. The material it
contains would build a wall six feet high
and two feet thick straight around the
globe. Yet this was done in only 20 wears
without a trace Of debt or bond. 1t is the
greatest individual labor the world has ev-
er known
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09
Tim, Chcrr, Tree once Moro.

Edward Everett Hale gave the closing
lecture in the Old South series this year
His subject was George Washington. This
paragraph must have Interested the bright
girls aud boys in his audience;
Washington rode much, boated, danced
and had other exercises of the kind. As
to the apple tree story, no doubt it was alb
solutely true. only the apple tree was a
cherry tree. Laughter The boy had to
earn his own living. it was natural for
one fond of mathematics and of the open
air to turn to surveying. The notes Wash
mgton took in this expedition had been pre-
served, and were very interesting. Among
them were two poems TO certain beauty.
The worst. on the whole, the lecturer ever
saw. One of them began, "Oh, ye gods,
why should my poor resistless heart e In
the second "Cupid's dart" was made to
rhyme with feel the smart Yet this was
the boy who later came to be called just
ly first in war first in peace and first in
the hearts Of his countrymen.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

Bolivia is doubtless the richest in miner
ais of any land on the globe, and millions
upon millions of precious metals have been
taken out of her mines by the primitive
process which still exists, and must exist
till railroads are constructed TO carry ma
chinery there. Every ounce Of ore that
finds its way out of the Andes is carried on
the back of man or llama, and the
quartz is crushed by rolling heavy logs up
on it. BY this method Bolivia exports from
twelve 10 fifteen millions of gold and silver
annually, and the output would be fabulous
if modern machinery could be taken into
the mines. The distance from Jujuy 10 the
farthest mining district of Bolivia is seven
hundred miles, and it is no farther 10 the
diamond fields of Brazil Bolivia offers
grant of twelve square leagues of land and
forty thousand dollars a mile for the exten-
sion of the Argentine Northern to Sucre,
and English capitalists aro ready to contin-
ne the work as soon as the Argentine gov
ernment drop it at tbe boundary line,
When it is built the owners of this road
will hold the key To "A country which has
excited the cupidity Of adventures since
the new world was discovered. II has fur
nshed food for four centuries of fable, and
armies of men have died in search of its
treasures a territory as large AS that
which lies between the Mississippi river and
the Rocky mountains remains entirely un-
explored. On its borders are the richest
of agricultural lands, immense tracts Of
timber, diamond strewn streams, and the
silver and gold deposits of Cerro de fasco
aud Potosi. What lies within is the subject
of speculation. The tales of explorers who
have attempted to penetrate its mysteries
read like the old romances Of Golconda and
] the III Dorado Of the Amazous where the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

Mr. Ely and the priest lodged in the
house Of one of the Pef6S hdJddHfS. In
the evening, when they were alone, the
subject OF leprosy came up.
we hear At the North, ' said Mr., Ely,
vague accounts of the Terre des LepreuN,
which is said to I've somewhere in Louisiana.
What truth is there in them e
They are no doubt greatly eXaggerat
ed, said Father Nedaud. "A spurious lep-
rosy, elephantiasis, was 50 common among
the negroes under the Spanish domination
that Governor Miro founded hospital for
lepers near New Orleans, on the Bayou st.
John 1t has been gone these many years,
aud Lepers' Land Is now built up with
pretty houses. 1t was in the suburb IRENE.
The disease is extinct, then -
There were some cases of genuine Asi-
attic leprosy near Abbevillc, in this parish,
about twenty years ago. An old creole lady
was the first Her father doubtless brought
the terrible taint in his blood from France.
When the white scales appeared in her face
her husband and family fled from her.
There was young girl, daughter OF M'sieu
Dubois, who went to her and nursed her
alone during the three years in which She
fought with death. Another of Gods ser
wants, m'seu Four of this old woman'S
children. who deserted her, became lepers.
The Young girl who had nursed her, after
she died married "a young termier, and lived
happily in her little cabin with her husband
and pretty baby. But one day shining
white spot appeared on her forehead. That
was the end
she died r.
M'sieu, after four years. There Is no
cure. 1t surely does not matter to her now
by what road God called her To Him
There have been since then no lepers III TINS
parish except IN These tainted laiiilhes- Inc
real lerre DIES Lrpreu% III LOUISIANA Is now
on the lower latourche' below harahs
Canal Tie bayou mere Is turnld ana iouI !
It flows through malanous sWulhPs lower
than itself. The creole planters there are
honest and temperate tolh' nut they are
wretchedly poor. They raise only rice, anu
live on 1t and iish. The wet rice heids
come up to the very doors OF thelr caoihs
The leprosy which certain families among
them have inherited Is developed by these
conditions. Flve years ago PROFESSOR 90.
Seph Jones, president OF the state ooaru ol
health, went himself Wlth ms son 10 explore
the cypress swamps ana lagoohs "l the
lower Lafourche. Msieur, 1t is the region
of the shadow OF death. lie found many
poor lepers hiding there. lhey were as
dead men who walk and talk. They could
handle burning Goa is they felt no longer
Gold nor heat nor pam. lhelr oolles were
as colpseS. One man lived alone m hut,
matched with palmettoeS, Whlch ne had
built for himself eating ohly the rice Wnic9
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

The December issue of the American Mag
azine is i'm all its features a Christmas num-
ber The leading article, Christ Ideals in
American Art, is replete with descriptions
showing how our leading painters and
sculptors have represented the ideal Christ.
4 very interesting account is also given of
the origin and history of this ideal, which,
according to early traditions, may be traced
to portrait taken in the lifetime of Jesus
Christmas in the Grand Army" is story
told by one of the surviving members of a
society founded among our soldiers during
the war. Its meetings took place on sue
cessive Christmas days, the last being held
just before the end of the conflict. Diaries
of war incidents were kept by members and
read at the meetings-often indicating by
changed ownership the casualties of battle.
There are several other articles of unusual
interest, together with the serial OLIVIA
Delaplaine, short stories, poems, book re
view by Julian Hawthorne, Home Deco
rations' by Jennie June, Health Jottings'
by Dr. Hutchinson, etc, etc. The AmeIi-
can Magazine Co, Publishers, 40 Broad
way. y. Y. price 50 per annum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

Dr. James p Kimball, director of the
mint, in his annual report of the operations
of the mint and assay offices for the fiscal
year ending June 30, says the value of the
gold and silver received at the mints and
assay office during the year was greater
than in any previous year since 1881. The
total value of gold deposited was $50, 416, p
10, against $40, 606 j34 in 1886 The total
value of the silver deposited and purchased
was SS4, ,2l9, OBJ, against S31, ,9l1 ,O26 in the
preceding year. OF the gold deposited,
S32, ,913.O21 was of domestic production,
So, 2,511 BPS of foreign gold bullion, 81, 500
5l2 Of foreign gold coin, S5l ,9S4 Of Unit
ed States gold coin, and 50, 2Gj, 2l0 of old
metal The coinage of the year aggregat-
ed in round numbers S22 500 600 in gold
pieces, S34 2j0, 600 in silver, and 81 600, 900
in minor coins The total coinage aggre-
gated 81; ,103, ,4l3 The silver bullion pur-
chased during the year for silver dollar
coinage was 500, 433, BE The average cost
was 0s LILO cents per ounce, fine. The av-
erage London price for the year was rs IA
1000 cents per ounce
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

women warriors wore armors of solid gold
but the swamps aud the mountains the riy
crs that cannot be- fordrd. aud the iungles
which forbid search the absence Of food,
and the difficulty Of carrying sufficient sup
plies ON foot, with the other obstacles that
have prevented exploration will bc over
come eventually, and the secret that has
tantailed the world for four centuries will
he told by ambitious scientists. -- lIiii0U
h. curtis in Hdiper's Mdgdline for Nor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

When Stanley left Aruwimi, on the up
per Congo, early last summer, TO strike
across ijO miles Of unexplored country to
Emin Bey's camp at Wadelai the world
practically bade good-by to him until either
the success or the failure of the expedition
was assured. The ascent of the Congo as
far as Aruwimi was over comparatively fa-
miliar ground. where the natives have been
more or less familiar with the business Of
supplying expeditions. But Stanley since
then has beeuin acountry where the problem
of the commissaIiat and Of transportation
is one Of skill and assurance in dealing with
intensely suspicious and utterly savage
chiefs. such Il person is Tippoo Tib, whose
failure to supply carriers for Stanley's rear
guard, after his promise to Stanley to do so,
is now inhirting terrible hardships upon the
expedition and imperling its success. The
latest definite advices reported the party all
well toJuly 5 i but a story from the upper
Congo says that Stanley had gone on with
out the carriers, and that many of his men
died from starvation Stanley is not the
sort of man to be discouraged by hard
ships News of his arrival in some shape,
at Emin Bey's camp may not unreasonably
he expected at almost any moment and
whether he will be in condition to afford
much relief will be another question. His
energy and ingenuity, however, may be re
lied on TO eNtricate Emin from his perilous
position
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09
Early Wisdom.

Pa, won't you give me new dress |
want it so much.
I'm speak to your mother about it.
The child's wistful expression was turned
ed into disappointment.
Surely, mamma VIII know if it's neces-
sarvn
"Yes." replied the child. demurely, 81
suppose So But when you speak to her
touch her easy, papa, or she might want
one for herself
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09

The New York civil service commission
has vindicated its right 10 he 10y notifying
an Albany Office holder, who went to Wash
mgton to collect campaign funds, that his
services are no longer needed. II the
President would only give some of the 'of
fensiye partisans' iu the United States ser
vice such notification, it would tend 70
convince some ,keptic, that his professions
of regard iur reform we're sincere ti'r""-
Gsd Gdzetis.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-12-09
Lit,eII,s Living Age.

The numbers of the Living Age for the weeks
ending Nov 18th aud Dec 3d contain the Memoirs
NJ Prince Adam CzartoysSi, The Antiquity of
Man in North America, "A Strange Place, 'thr
Catholic Revival of the sixteenth Century "A
Discourse upon sermons, Jenny Lind, Funny
Sayings and Answers by Juveniles, etc, etc. hr-
sides instalmcnts of the serials Major and Mi-
MOI, "llaior Lawrence, =. D.. s., ami Richard
Cable the lighishipman.
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MISCELLANY.


Drcrmber's come and with her brought
4 world iu Whitest marble wrought
The trees aud fence aud all the posts
stand mutiuulcss aud white as ghosts,
Aud all the paths we used tu know
Are hidden IN the drifts Of snow
December brings the longest night
Aud cheats the day Of half its light,
80 bird-song breaks the perfect hush
so meadow-brOok with liquid gtish
Runs telling tales In habbliug rhyme
OF liberty and summer time.
But frozen In its icy cell
Awaits the sun to break the spell.
Breathe once upon the window glass
Aud see the mimic mists that pass
Fantastic shapes that go and come
Forever syery and dumb
December Santa Cluas shall bring
OF happy children happy king,
Who with his sleigh and reindeer stops
AT all good peoples chimney top,
Then let the holly red be- hung,
And all the sweetest carols sung,
While we with joy remember them
The journeyers to Bethlehem.
Who followed, trusting from afar
The guidance of thut happy star
Which marked the spot where Christ was hurl
Long years ago one Christmas muru'
BrceMber 81. Nicholas.
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VOL. LIV.
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mermaid4' Pearls ou the Beach.

Atlantic City Cor, Philadelphia Press.I
One morning Philadelphia lady took
an early walk in search of shells. Just
below the iron pier she picked up set of
false teeth, and on her return trip she
picked up another set When she re-
turned to the cottage where she boarded
the guests were showing the curiosities
they found during the twilight ramble, to
each other. She faCetiousiy remarked
"The mermaids have taken to cumming
1t, for the beach is strtwn with teeth.
placing the two sets OF molars on the
table for inspection Nearly every day
some one has the misfortune to spit out
her pearls. and one of the guardsmeD
has q museum Of teeth. carriers and wigs